I'm sure you have arguments with your friends, but they don't get printed up and magnified in the papers.

I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by any means.

I've written some songs that are pretty scary, but 'Jessica,' 'Ramblin' Man,' and 'Blue Sky' are happy songs. That's the way I wrote them: have-fun tunes to make you feel good.

When I was a kid in school, and you asked me what I was gonna be, I mean, even as a little first grader, I was gonna be a guitar picker on the 'Grand Ole Opry.' I just had it in my head that that's what I wanted to do, having no idea how it was done.

I don't recall your name but you sure were a sucker for a high inside curve.

My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played along with him.